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Baljider said to me, "I had been working on it for 5 days."

Baljinder told me that he had been working on it for 5 days.
Baljinder told me that he has been working on it for 5 days.
Baljinder told me that he had worked on it for 5 days.
Baljinder told me that he was working on it for 5 days.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is in "Past Perfect Continuous Tense", then we do not change the tense of the reported speech.

1. Rahul said, " He was walking."

Rahul said that he had been walking.
Rahul said that he was walking.
Rahul said that he had walking.
Rahul said that he had walked.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

When Reporting verb in past Tense and reported speech is in "Past Continuous sentence" then we change "Past Continuous sentence" to "Past Perfect Continuous".

2. He said to me, "I am ready".

He told to me that he is ready.
He told me that he was ready.
He told me that I am ready.
He told me that I will ready.

Answer: Option B

3. Sonia said, "You help my sister".

Sonia said that I helps her sister.
Sonia said to me that I helped her sister.
Sonia said that I helped her sister.
Sonia says that I helped her sister.

Answer: Option C

4. He said, "Honesty is the best policy."

He said that Honesty is the best policy.
He said that Honesty was the best policy.
He said that Honesty would be the best policy.
He said that Honesty will be the best policy.

Answer: Option A

Explanation:

If Reporting verb is in Past Tense and Reported Speech is a universal truth, then we do not change it in indirect speech.

5. He said to me, "You are rich, aren't you ?"

He asked me if I had rich.
He asked me if I had been rich.
He asked me if I was rich.
He asked me if I was rich, wasn't me.

Answer: Option C